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In part, photocopies of originals in the collections of the Missouri Historical Society.; Records of Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company and several predecessors. Records include diary/journals of Fort Benton trading post (1854-1856) kept by Andrew Dawson and Alexander Rose; and Fort Sarpy and elsewhere (1855-1856) kept by James Chambers, as well as typed transcripts of both journals; letter from Pierre Menard to Pierre Chouteau (21 Apr. 1810), written from the Three Forks of the Missouri, describing an attack on Menard's party by a group of Blackfeet; and copies of correspondence by chief agents at Fort Union for the American Fur Company (1834-1835) and post inventories representing operations of the Chouteau firm.; St. Louis, Mo., based fur trading company. Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company, was formed in 1834 through the purchase of the assets of the American Fur Company's Western Department, by Bernard Pratte and Pierre Chouteau, Jr. In 1838, Pratte retired, Chouteau gained control and the firm operated for the remainder of its existence under his name. The firm, however, continued to be known as the American Fur Company throughout its operation. The Chouteau Company's Upper Missouri Outfit was the major American trading company in the Northwest from its inception to the end of the fur trade era in the 1860s, with periodic competition from other short-lived companies. Some of the Chouteau Company's more well known partners and employees included: Alexander Culbertson, Andrew Dawson, Malcolm Clarke, Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander Harvey, and Louis Rivit.

In part, photocopies of originals in the collections of the Missouri Historical Society.; Records of Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company and several predecessors. Records include diary/journals of Fort Benton trading post (1854-1856) kept by Andrew Dawson and Alexander Rose; and Fort Sarpy and elsewhere (1855-1856) kept by James Chambers, as well as typed transcripts of both journals; letter from Pierre Menard to Pierre Chouteau (21 Apr. 1810), written from the Three Forks of the Missouri, describing an attack on Menard's party by a group of Blackfeet; and copies of correspondence by chief agents at Fort Union for the American Fur Company (1834-1835) and post inventories representing operations of the Chouteau firm.; St. Louis, Mo., based fur trading company. Pierre Chouteau, Jr. and Company, was formed in 1834 through the purchase of the assets of the American Fur Company's Western Department, by Bernard Pratte and Pierre Chouteau, Jr. In 1838, Pratte retired, Chouteau gained control and the firm operated for the remainder of its existence under his name. The firm, however, continued to be known as the American Fur Company throughout its operation. The Chouteau Company's Upper Missouri Outfit was the major American trading company in the Northwest from its inception to the end of the fur trade era in the 1860s, with periodic competition from other short-lived companies. Some of the Chouteau Company's more well known partners and employees included: Alexander Culbertson, Andrew Dawson, Malcolm Clarke, Kenneth McKenzie, Alexander Harvey, and Louis Rivit.